There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 164 Group Development Plan
  According to Lin Feng's plan, the Zhenming Group will be the main source of money for the Zhenming Army and will also be the guarantee for the interests of the top management in the future, so it must be developed well.

In the next step, it can be expected that the imperial court will encircle and block the territory controlled by Lin Feng, and the group's business will also be greatly affected.

In addition to the Luoyang strategy laid out in the early stage, Lin Feng felt that some adjustments needed to be made to the group's store layout and products to better cope with the situation.

Especially after the weather gets warmer, the heating industry that was originally the focus has been greatly affected, and new flagship products must be launched to maintain profitability.

So, the day after the allotment meeting was held, Lin Feng notified the members of the group's shareholders' meeting and shopkeepers to come over to discuss the matter.

After everyone sat down, Lin Feng first said: "Yesterday we held a general shareholders' meeting to report on the group's revenue in the first quarter. Overall, it was a stable development, but hidden worries have emerged, so we organized another special business meeting today to discuss The next development strategy of the group.

Before we formally discuss business matters, let me first talk about the positioning of the group. Now that we have established the Zhenming Army Governor's Office, the group does not need to assume the responsibilities of military and chief envoys, and will focus on business development in the future. "

"President, yesterday we added a lot of military generals as shareholders through the share placement. How should their responsibilities be clarified?" Li Wanxiang asked.

"The vice president raised this question well. This is the first issue we want to clarify today, which is that shareholders are not in charge of business matters.

I consider that shareholders such as military generals and governor-general chiefs can participate in general shareholder meetings and participate in the formulation of major group policies. They only enjoy the rights to shareholder dividends and do not participate in the daily operations of the group. Lin Feng said clearly.

"It's better to separate the responsibilities so as not to mix them up and affect the generals' ability to lead troops in combat." Li Wanxiang agreed.

"Do other members of the shareholders' meeting have any opinions?" Lin Feng asked.

"No!" Everyone agreed unanimously.

Among the shareholders' meeting members, Li Xiongzhen and Chen Xiong were not present. Lin Feng and Li Wanxiang had already spoken. Zhang Tiechui, Fang Tiezhu, and Fang Dashan would naturally not say anything.

Moreover, Lin Feng's equity is nearly 85%, so he can definitely decide it with one word.

"Okay, then it's settled. The group will focus on business operations from now on. Ieyasu, please write this decision in the notice to shareholders, and inform everyone together with the allotment of shares." Lin Feng explained.

"understand!"

"In addition, the responsibilities of Dashan and Tiezhu need to be clarified. Tiezhu, your garrison team has a heavy task, and the next step is to integrate the garrison forces. You should concentrate on your military defense responsibilities. Future group business meetings will be held No need to participate," Lin Feng said.

"Okay, I don't know anything about business, so I can just go and train my troops." Fang Tiezhu said happily as he was not very interested in business.

"Da Shan, you are the first group to come to Fugu with me, and you are someone I trust very much. Considering that the group also needs its own security force, I will give you two choices.

One is that, like Tie Zhu, he no longer participates in group affairs and concentrates on fulfilling the overall responsibilities of the military battalion of the Governor's Mansion. The other is to transfer the First Guard Battalion back to the group to take full charge of the group's guard team and be responsible for ensuring commercial security issues. Mainly participates in group affairs. Lin Feng asked.

"President, thank you for your concern and respect. I am originally a mountain man with limited knowledge and not very good at commanding. In the future, I will have to rely on Wang Qin, Gao Rui and Song Jilie to fight against the imperial court. I feel that I am more suitable in the group. I'll give it a try." Fang Dashan replied, his mother and younger sister are both in Fugu, and he recently found a wife. He has a bit of a wife-child mentality and doesn't really want to fight around.

"Okay, you just need to think about it carefully, then stay in the group. Tie Zhu, you can leave first, and the others will stay while we hold a group management meeting." Lin Feng said after agreeing.

"President, we have occupied Shenmu this time, and some shops can set up branches there. Shenmu has a larger population, which will help increase the group's revenue." Li Wanxiang also investigated the market when he arrived at Shenmu.

"Yes, I am considering letting Zhenming Bank and Li's Cereals and Oils open branches in Shenmu first. These two industries have close cooperation with the government and are easiest to develop." Lin Feng arranged.

"Yes!" Zhao Jialiang and Yang Sen responded.

"Shenmu's Yihe was also confiscated, and Li's Grain and Oil happened to occupy the market in the past. The people in Shenmu are poor, and there is a huge demand for small, low-interest loans. These two industries are the most suitable to go to first." Li Wanxiang agreed.

"Also, Shenmu is very rich in mineral resources, and Zhenming Mining will also be a major contributor to our revenue in the future." Lin Feng continued.

"President, the weather is getting hotter and hotter now. Warming products will no longer be sold soon. Glaze is not a daily necessity and the sales volume is not large. We have to develop some new products." Li Changji of Zhenming Chemical said.

"Yes, do you have any good ideas?" Lin Feng asked. He couldn't just get the opinions, he had to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

“President, it’s April now, the weather is still cool, and the heat in July and August will still be some time away. I suggest that we can produce some thinner wool quilts and blankets, which should still be able to sell for two or three months. "Li Changji has been engaged in carpet making for a long time and knows the wool industry very well. He first made suggestions.

"Well, this is also feasible. After the meeting, Vice President Li reminded Grassland Business to take a look." Lin Feng explained.

"Okay. But this can only slow down the sales decline. If we want to expand the industry, we still need new products." Li Wanxiang responded.

"President, now that we have sufficient pig iron supply, we can also strengthen the production of iron products and create more varieties." Zhang Tiechui suggested.

"That's no problem, you Sledgehammer Ironworkers can arrange it yourself." Lin Feng said.

"How about arranging wine making? We now have enough food. In addition, the daily necessities produced by the people are consumed every day, and the sales will last longer." Yang Sen of Li's Grain and Oil suggested. "There are already some wine shops in the Distillery Valley. There is no need to steal their business. However, we can distill wine to make perfume and soap." At this time, Lin Feng thought of the necessary products for time travel.

The main reason is that the alkali for soap production is now readily available, so it is not difficult to achieve production. Glass bottles for perfume are now available, and it’s time to launch these two products that mainly occupy the female market.

"What is soap?" Li Wanxiang asked. Perfume is easy to understand. It is probably similar to rouge and gouache. This soap is puzzling.

"Soap is a kind of washing product similar to saponin. It can be produced through chemical engineering. These two products will be developed by Zhenming Chemical. I will tell you the basic production technology in detail later." Lin Feng said.

"Okay, President, I will find a few craftsmen to think about it first when I get back." Li Changji replied.

"Vice President Li, now this place has been transformed into the Governor's Mansion of the Zhenming Army. The group has to build a new headquarters. It's not good to keep mixing them together." Lin Feng ordered.

"Yes, it is inconvenient to find a place to discuss matters now. I suggest you build a small courtyard next to the Governor's Mansion so that you can handle matters on both sides more conveniently." Li Wanxiang suggested.

"Okay, let's build one next to it, so that there is no need to make repeated accommodation arrangements for some employees. Let's budget 2000 taels first. It will be spent from the group's first quarter profit, and Li's Construction will build it." Lin Feng made it clear.

"Okay, I will start construction immediately after the meeting. The vacant land next to it is ready." Li Wanxiang responded.

After the meeting, Lin Feng thought that it would be better to choose a different date, so he followed Li Changji to Zhenming Chemical.

First, I took a look around the workshops for coking, alkali making, and glaze making. All production was in good order, and the scale of the workshop was much larger. It was obvious that Li Changji was still very capable of management.

Lin Feng looked at it and said: "Changji, Zhenming Chemical's management is good. From now on, it will be the main force in making money for the group, and production will continue to be optimized."

"Thank you for the praise, President. I will do my best to take care of it." Li Changji replied.

"Okay, you can call some more flexible craftsmen over, and I'll tell you the principles of making perfume and soap." Lin Feng ordered.

After continuing their visit, they arrived at Zhenming Chemical's public house, where several craftsmen summoned by Li Changji were already waiting inside.

After Lin Feng sat down, he didn't waste time and started talking about the principles of the process. He had already studied it clearly in that interesting chemistry book.

"Masters, I will now introduce the technical principles of making perfume and soap. Making these two items requires the same common material, which is alcohol." Lin Feng said first.

"President, is alcohol the essence extracted from wine?" asked a craftsman.

"Yes, alcohol is mainly obtained by distilling liquor and then cooling it. But distillation alone cannot obtain high-purity alcohol. You must add a little quicklime to remove the water inside, and then filter it to obtain high-purity alcohol.

You should be fine if you try the production process a few times. This process is mainly about fire prevention. High-purity alcohol is very flammable. " Lin Feng then elaborated.

Several craftsmen listened and noted: "Understood!"

“Now let me talk about the production of the first product perfume. First, we need to extract the essence, which is to obtain various fragrances with different fragrances from the petals through distillation or pressing.

Then dissolve it in alcohol according to a certain proportion, and you can get perfumes of different shades. Then put them into glass vials made by Zhenming Chemical, and they are ready for sale. "

"To make the second product, soap, add oil, alkaline water and alcohol to an iron pot and heat it over low heat to dissolve it into a translucent liquid.

After that, you can add fine salt particles or very concentrated salt water and stir slowly. Light yellow things will appear in the liquid and float on the top of the liquid.

Remove these yellow precipitates, press them dry and shape them, and you can get soap, which is a powerful tool for cleaning dirt. "Lin Feng explained in detail the production technology of the two products.

"Do you understand?" Lin Feng then asked.

"I understand the process, but I don't know what the principle is?" a craftsman asked.

"You just carry out the experiment according to this process. The principle is too complicated. I will tell you again when I have the opportunity. Finally, I emphasize that the technology must be kept absolutely confidential, otherwise you will know the consequences."

"Yes! Little people must keep secrets." Several craftsmen replied in unison.

"Okay, then you should hurry up and carry out the experiment. I hope to hear the good news about the success of the experiment as soon as possible." After Lin Feng finished speaking, he left.

　Finally developed a time-travel money-making artifact

　　
  　
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